Averaging under $76/week for the year (Wednesday Weekly Shopping)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Averaging under $76/week for the year (Wednesday Weekly Shopping)

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This week, I used up pretty much all of my $80 per week budget on two trips to ALDI. So I was definitely going to go over. But there were great deals at Publix, Walgreens, and CVS, and I didn't want to miss them!

I was well under budget for many weeks, so a couple of weeks over budget won't hurt too much. I'm still averaging under $76 per week for the year.

Here's what I got this week:

ALDI trip 1: Spent $44.80

ALDI trip 2: Spent $27.47

Publix: Spent $9.98, saved $32.48

Walgreens: Spent $10.03, saved $23.22

CVS: Spent $2.33, saved $4.16

Overall, this week I spent $94.61 for items which retail for $154.47, or a 39% savings based on the retail value of the products at the stores where they were purchased. (But don't compare percentages!)

For the year (19 weeks), I spent $1439.45 for items which retailed for $2721.63, and saved $1282.18, or a 48% savings. That's an average of $75.76 spent each week for a family of five (husband, wife, and daughters ages 14, 11, and 7), including lots of fresh produce, dairy items, and kosher meat.

In 2011, I spent $4017.13 for items which retailed for $7344.08, saving 45% and spending an average of $77.25 per week for the year.

How did your shopping go this week? What bargains did you get? Please leave a link to your blog post about your weekly shopping. The aim is not to brag, but to inspire! Please link up directly to your post, not to the blog itself. I'd appreciate it if you put a link to Wednesday Weekly Shopping in your post as well. If you don't have a blog, please leave a comment!

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